Single Dad Only Planned to Buy a Salad, But Left Store with Winning $1M Mega Millions Ticket
The odds of winning $1 million playing Mega Millions are 1 in 12,607,306, lottery officials noted
Nebraska Lottery
Brant EdgingtonBrant Edgington won a $1 million after trying his luck at the Mega Millions lottery last month
The single dad from Nebraska claimed his prize on April 5, and isn't sure if he would play again
"Bologna is more important, financially," rather than playing the lottery, Edgington said
A single father in Nebraska managed to pick up a salad and a $1 million Mega Millions lottery win last month, officials said.
Brant Edgington went to a Baker's grocery store in Fremont to purchase a premade salad for lunch, when he decided to play the Mega Millions for the March 22 drawing, Nebraska Lottery said in a release.
Although Edgington's father and grandfather are avid Mega Millions and Powerball players, he said that he only plays when "the jackpot gets high and wasn’t expecting to buy a ticket at all."
While at the store, Edgington said there was another person in front of him cashing in a pile of scratch tickets, but he still decided to wait.
“I don’t play all that often,” he said. “As a single parent, bologna is more important, financially.”
When he returned to the store and asked a clerk to help check his ticket, that's when he found out he won.
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“They disappeared for a minute,” he said. “Then a different lady came up with her and they just stared at me. She told me, ‘Don’t pass out when I tell you this.’ "
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The ticket contained five quick pick plays for the drawing, one of which matched all of the five winning numbers (03, 08, 31, 35, 44) but not the Mega Ball (16).
Edgington claimed his prize on April 5, and he admitted he’s not sure if he’ll continue playing the lottery after his big win.
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According to Mega Millions, the odds of winning $1 million playing the game are 1 in 12,607,306, while the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24.
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